The Red Bull driver's leading seventh win of the season and 17th of his career moved him three points ahead of the defending champion, who finished second but softened the blow with a bonus point for fastest lap.
The Red Bull driver's final lap was just good enough to beat Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton by .04 seconds and his teammate Valtteri Bottas by .034.
The orange-clad home crowd roared as the Red Bull star finished an impressive .56 seconds quicker than Valtteri Bottas and .79 quicker than Lewis Hamilton
Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen will miss the Dutch Grand Prix after testing positive for COVID-19.
Verstappen will be aiming for his seventh victory of the season in front of home crowd as F1 returns to his homeland's Circuit Zandvoort after 36 years.
Kimi Raikkonen will retire at the end of the season, concluding a career that spanned two decades and included the 2007 world championship.
The race was shortened to last one hour with only half points awarded to the winner, who needed to complete only two laps to earn points.
A red flag came out shortly after 3:30 p.m. local time (1330 GMT) following a formation lap and no new start time was immediately given.
World champion Lewis Hamilton placed third for Mercedes.
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